three-firm Cournot markets to test these predictions and other effects like how buyer groups affect outcomes when group … firms. Communication is often abused for explicit agreements and this strongly reduces competition. …

as a main factor causing collusive product markets. -- buyer groups ; cartels ; collusion ; communication ; experiments …-firm Cournot framework to test these predictions, and we also explore the impact communication has on buyer groups. The … experimental results show that buyer groups lead to lower outputs when groups can exclude single firms. Communication is identified …

. -- cartels ; collusion ; communication ; experiments ; repeated games …We explore the difference between explicit and tacit collusion by investigating the impact communication has in … largest additional profit from talking. We also find that industries continue to collude successfully after communication is …

We explore the difference between explicit and tacit collusion by investigating the impact communication has in … largest additional profit from talking. We also find that industries continue to collude successfully after communication is … disabled. Communication supports firms in coordinating on collusive pricing schemes, and it is also used for conflict mediation …

One of the most robust phenomena in the experimental literature on multilateral bargaining is the failure of proposers … to extract equilibrium rents. However, all previous experiments have overlooked the fact that outside the lab committee … members are allowed to - and do - engage in sometimes intense communication processes prior to voting on a proposal. We …

Communication has been shown to play a positive role in promoting trust, yet there is no evidence on how sensitive this …. Moreover, communication increases the trustor's beliefs on the amount that the trustee will choose to transfer, only when this …

free-form pre-play communication. I focus on players who verbally first suggest cooperation in each game. I study …

games with costless communication. CMR is a non-equilibrium theory combining rationalizability with the idea that players …

We study the interaction of the effects of the strategic environment and communication on the observed levels of … substitutes disappears. A machine-assisted natural language processing approach shows how the content of communication is …